Chargers Will Be Too Much for the Pack

[Fritz]

That's just my feeling. McCarthy's teams struggle mightily against 3-4 defenses, and San Diego's is good, very good.

This will put too much of the onus on Favre, and if SD gets some pressure on him, he'll be more likely to toss a few int's.

Add to that the league's best running back, a great play-making TE, and the phenomonal number of injuries the Pack has suffered, and it seems to me that the result will be a loss for the Pack.

I sure hope I'm wrong.

[PaCkFan_n_MD]

I think you’re wrong.

I actually think we match up very well against them. There biggest strength on there team is LT, our biggest strength on our team is the talent and depth on the d-line.

There biggest weakest on defense is there secondary; our biggest strength on offense is our passing game.

I'm not saying it will be easy, but I'm predicting a win this Sunday.

[Bretsky]

Our offense does not match up well at all with San Diego IMO; the Patriots exposed their weaknesses but have a ton of talent at WR. They have better RB's, a better OL, better TE, better WR, and a more effective QB at this point. At least three of their WR's would start for us and possible four. And then a pass receiving TE. We just don't have the firepower to expose them like NE did.

I think their defense will at least control our offense; I can't see a win but hope I'm wrong

[PaCkFan_n_MD]

Our offense does not match up well at all with San Diego IMO; the Patriots exposed their weaknesses but have a ton of talent at WR. They have better RB's, a better OL, better TE, better WR, and a more effective QB at this point. At least three of their WR's would start for us and possible four. And then a pass receiving TE. We just don't have the firepower to expose them like NE did.

I think their defense will at least control our offense; I can't see a win but hope I'm wrong

Your probably right if Jones and Jennings don't play, but if have Driver, Jennings, and Jones we can do some damage.

[mmmdk]

Last season Chargers win 9 out of 10 games vs. Packers - this season is more unpredictable but I'd say Chargers win 7 out of 10 now. So I'm saying there's a chance but when I put my money on the bet I'd go with Chargers. Bad matchup for Packers.

[Zool]

You cant forget the X-factor of Norv Turner. How he keeps getting HC jobs is a mystery.

[Ballboy]

Injuries are killing us

[Merlin]

I guess I am in the "not sure" camp about San Diego. They haven't really played all that well on both sides of the ball. The 3-4 defense doesn't worry me as much as it did in prior years. I actually think our OL can handle that better then a 4-3. Our DL has to step it up against the run and if they can accomplish that, look for this to be a very tight game because we have a good secondary and Rivers doesn't look like he is in the zone right now. Although the past two years, the Packers seemed to be the cure for struggling teams.

[4and12to12and4]

Last season Chargers win 9 out of 10 games vs. Packers - this season is more unpredictable but I'd say Chargers win 7 out of 10 now. So I'm saying there's a chance but when I put my money on the bet I'd go with Chargers. Bad matchup for Packers.

Well put, there's already a thread similar to this we can predict final scores in. BTW, bragging rights here, last week I predicted a win 28-13. Only 7 points off on one side. This week, unfortunately, I see us losing. My prediction is in the other thread. They have too much talent. But, that's why they play the games. I thought the Eagles were going to annihalate us. We won ugly, but we won. I'm just glad this one is in GB!!

[The Leaper]

Our offense just doesn't have enough right now to expose SD's weakness. I think our defense can keep us in the game, but ultimately our offense won't be able to score enough to win this game.

[cpk1994]

Amazingly, on ESPN FirstTake today Skip Bayless of all people picked the Pack to win this weekend.

[Zool]

Amazingly, on ESPN FirstTake today Skip Bayless of all people picked the Pack to win this weekend.

Well we're screwed then. Eyebrows McScream knows as much about football as the yellow lab down the street from me.

[PackerBlues]

I think that what is going to hurt us more than anything against the elite teams of the league this year, is the inability of our receivers to stretch the field. Opposing teams can afford to double team Driver as much as they want, because the other receivers taking the field for GB, so far, simply do not get open enough to pick up the slack.

I am hoping that Bubba and Lee can contribute enough to make a difference. I would expect to see a lot of short passing plays, and perhaps the return of the screen play to get yardage against SanDiego. If we had some help "stretching the field" though, it would also help our run game out considerably.

[Maxie the Taxi]

Come on, guys! It's our house! Football is about more than who's better than who. All that stat stuff is is paper hanging. We both play with 11 guys on a side. The difference is which guys want it more than the other guys. I guarantee you that the Packers' young guys want this more than Norv Turner's prima donnas. I further guarantee that the Packers will not lose Sunday. We may come up on the wrong end of the score at the end of the game, but that will only mean we ran out of time.

[MJZiggy]

Come on, guys! It's our house! Football is about more than who's better than who. All that stat stuff is is paper hanging. We both play with 11 guys on a side. The difference is which guys want it more than the other guys. I guarantee you that the Packers' young guys want this more than Norv Turner's prima donnas. I further guarantee that the Packers will not lose Sunday. We may come up on the wrong end of the score at the end of the game, but that will only mean we ran out of time.

Well put. I will never look at any game against anyone and assume that there is no way we can win it. I don't care who they have on the team, those are individual players. If our boys can rally together as a team, they can play with anyone.